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A scanning electron microscope study of the effect of an ovicidal fungus on the eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

H. Lýsek
H. Lýsek
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Medical Faculty, Palacký University, Olomouc 5, Czechoslovakia
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Summary

Aspects of the ovicidal activity of the fungus Verticillium chlamydosporium Goddard on the eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides were observed in the laboratory using a scanning electron microscope. The hyphae of the fungus form structures which are considered to be penetration organs. The hyphae also form a network over the surface of the eggs. After penetration of the eggs, the hypha or hyphae ramify and the embryos are destroyed.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 77 , Issue 2 , October 1978 , pp. 139 - 141
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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